Membership Programs

Membership Programs

Membership support is essential to the success in preserving BRIT’s priceless library collection and herbarium collection, including our 4,222 specimens of rare or endemic plants from Texas.

By becoming a member of BRIT, you help us to inspire people, conserve native plants, and document biodiversity to protect rare and endemic plants. And membership has rewards for you, too! Find out more information by visiting our Membership page.

BRIT Members don't forget to check out our Upcoming Events webpage for workshops, classes, and special events for your special discounts to attend.

Point of Contact

Tammie L. Crole

Director of Membership and Grants Coordinator

Volunteer Point of Contact

Julie Donovan

Director of Volunteers & Public Engagement

Related Programs

By becoming a member of BRIT, you help us to inspire people, conserve native plants, and document biodiversity to protect rare and endemic plants. And membership has rewards for you, too! Find out more information by visiting our Membership page.

BRIT Members don't forget to check out our Upcoming Events webpage for workshops, classes, and special events for your special discounts to attend.

Upcoming Events

An Evening with Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has lived, studied, and worked with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat. Her ceaseless work to save orangutans and their forest home is unparalleled by any other person in human history. Hear her share incredible insights into her life, research, and the current conservation crisis as the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan. Through our partnership with TCU we are able to present this rare opportunity to meet Dr. Galdikas and hear her talk about her life's work in the wild!.

Nature Hike Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge (FWNC&R)

Join us at the Fort Worth Nature Center as we step back in time and experience what the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex was like in the early 20th century. FWNC&R covers 3,621 acres of natural area comprised of forests, prairies, and wetlands and includes over 20 miles of hiking trails, making the park one of the largest city-owned nature centers in the United States.

Bring: Water, hats, sunscreen, hiking sticks, and a sack lunch. We will provide snacks and refills of ice water.

Cost: $10 Non-Members/$5 BRIT Members/FWNCR Members Free

Pets: Are permitted but must be strictly supervised, cleaned up after, and on a leash.

Please bring your Membership cards with you on the hike. Carpooling is suggested. We will meet at BRIT to leave by 7:15 a.m. If you want to carpool, please email Tammie Crole by Friday, April 27th at noon. REGISTER HERE

-------BRING THOSE CELL PHONES TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY CHALLENGE 2018-----

Which City is the Wildest? Bring Your Cell Phones on the Hike to Participate!

Cities around the world will compete on April 27 – 30, 2018 to see which urban area has the most nature and the most engaged residents! This City Nature Challenge will include more than 60 cities from 17 countries around the world including 7 metro areas here in Texas: Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Lower Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio.

If you live in or around one of these areas, show the world just how much nature we have here in Texas! It’s easy to participate by joining an event or making observations on your own using the iNaturalist app. Take a picture of a wild animal, plant, or fungi, upload it to iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org), and the online community will help you accurately identify the species. Download instructions for iNaturalist